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This is a timeline of the history of Granada Television (now known as ITV Granada), and of the television interests of its former owner Granada plc. Granada Television has provided the ITV service for North West England since 1968, and previously provided the service for the North of England on weekdays from 1956 to 1968.
Granada plc (previously called Granada Ltd, Granada Group plc, and Granada Media plc) was a British conglomerate best known as the parent from 1954 to 2004 of the Manchester-based Granada Television. The company agreed a corporate takeover of Carlton Communications in 2004 and Granada plc subsequently became ITV plc on 2 February 2004.
Feb 28, 2017 · Granada starts the day in July 1968. Granada ends the day in late 1969. When the day’s transmission starts, there are 25,200 seconds to go before the signing-off signal; for time, in television, is measured in seconds rather than in minutes or hours.
ITV Granada, formerly known as Granada Television, is the ITV franchisee for the North West of England and Isle of Man. From 1956 to 1968 it broadcast to both the north west and Yorkshire on weekdays only, as ABC Weekend Television was its weekend counterpart.
Apr 28, 2021 · On 3 May 1956, the first broadcast was transmitted from Granada Studios in Manchester. Despite the glamorous-sounding name, these studios had nothing to do with sunny Spain. Instead, they emerged from the rubble of a bombed-out part of the city in the shadow of the Second World War.
After more than 35 years on air, the final edition of Granada’s current affairs programme World in Action is broadcast. It is replaced by Tonight.
Broadcasting by Granada Television began on 3 May 1956 under the North of England weekday franchise and was marked by a distinctive northern identity including their famous stylised letter "G" logo forming an arrow pointing north, often with the tagline "Granada: from the north".
